Portsmouth 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 30 November 2008

Result

Portsmouth 3-2 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 30 November 2008, 15:00 UTC · half-time 0-0

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Portsmouth 3-2 Blackburn Rovers: match report

Portsmouth won against Blackburn Rovers 3-2 in the Premier League on Sunday 30 November 2008. The half-time score was 0-0.

Peter Crouch opened the scoring in the 49th minute. Portsmouth's goals came from Peter Crouch (49') and Jermain Defoe (53'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Matt Derbyshire (62') and Tugay Kerimoğlu (67').

Discipline: Portsmouth received no yellow cards; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game Portsmouth were 11th on 19 points from 14 and Blackburn Rovers 19th on 13 points from 14. Portsmouth went on to finish that season 14th with 41 points, and Blackburn Rovers 15th with 41.

Portsmouth lined up in a 4-4-2 and Blackburn Rovers in a 4-4-2.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 Portsmouth wins, 1 draw and 6 for Blackburn Rovers.

Going into the match Portsmouth's last five read D-D-W-L-L and Blackburn Rovers's L-L-L-D-L.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 42'Yellow card · Andre OoijerBlackburn Rovers
  • 49'Goal · Peter CrouchPortsmouth · 1-0
  • 53'Goal · Jermain DefoePortsmouth · 2-0
  • 62'Goal · Matt DerbyshireBlackburn Rovers · 2-1
  • 67'Goal · Tugay KerimoğluBlackburn Rovers · 2-2
  • 79'GoalPortsmouth · 3-2

Head-to-head

10 meetings: Portsmouth 3, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 6.

Team news

Portsmouth line-up (4-4-2)

Glen Johnson, Sylvain Distin, Noé Pamarot, Armand Traore, Papa Diop, Richard Hughes, Nadir Belhadj, Peter Crouch, David James, Jermain Defoe, Glen Little

Blackburn Rovers line-up (4-4-2)

Paul Robinson, Andre Ooijer, Stephen Warnock, Christopher Samba, Tugay Kerimoglu, Brett Emerton, Morten Gamst Pedersen, Keith Andrews, Roque Santa Cruz, Ryan Nelsen, B. McCarthy